By MORRIS STEPHENSON -”The Franklin News Post”
Staff Photo by Morris Stephenson: Larry Heaton, right, president and CEO of Franklin Community Bank, presents a check for $15,000 to L.D. Arrington, one of the organizers of the Lights for Life fundraiser.
The first monetary donation to the “Lights for Life” $425,000 fundraiser was made Wednesday by Larry Heaton, president and CEO of Franklin Community Bank.
Heaton presented a $15,000 check to L.D. Arrington, one of the organizers of the drive.
The latest donation puts the total of money and confirmed pledges at $110,000.
The fundraiser was put into motion when three local businessmen, Danny Perdue, Joel Shepherd and Arrington, each pledged $25,000.
The money will be used to equip the 28 intersections in Rocky Mount and Franklin County and emergency response vehicles with traffic signal changing equipment.
Darryl Hatcher, director of Franklin County’s Public Safety Department, said some of the vehicles in use are already equipped. Any new vehicles the county purchases will also be equipped.
Heaton also announced that all four Franklin Community Bank locations (Rocky Mount, Westlake, Union Hall and 220 North) are set up to accept tax deductible Lights for Life donations. A receipt will be written for each contribution.
“People can use this receipt when filing their taxes,” Heaton said.
Weekly reports of the drive’s progress will be published in the Friday editions of the News-Post.
